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Linen & Cotton Summer House Linen Oxford - Tiger Lily Orange

Name: Linen & Cotton Summer House Linen Oxford - Tiger Lily Orange
Brand: Fabworks Online
SKU: 103485
Price: 5.0 GBP
Availability: InStock

£5.00

per half metre

Fabric Code: J1c77

Price is per HALF metre. 1 unit = 0.5metres. For 1.5metres, add 3 units.

All cut length orders are sent as one continuous length.

4 reviews

Introduction:

Welcome to Fabworks’ House Linen: a collection of carefully curated colours, created from a base cloth of linen and cotton.

Initially sourced as deadstock overruns, we rescued this fabric that had a light washed colour, which meant that it would be perfect to overdye. Now rejuvenated and repurposed into some of our favourite shades, the House Linen collection features a range of hand-picked hues that sit together in a paint box-like palette. Voilà!

Description

Specifications:

Weight: Medium / Light

GSM: 140

Composition: 42% Linen & 58% Cotton

Width: 145cm / 57inch

Pattern Repeat: N/A

Colour:

Tiger Lily Orange is the most perfect shade of orange and boasts rich saturated hues. This colour is full of zesty energy and perfect for boosting your spring-summer makes. Tiger Lily is the orange of its floral namesake with their elegant curling petals and bobbing heads. it is also the colour of juicy Mandarin oranges, crisp carrots and saffron.

Zesty colour this vibrant can only do you good, it certainly brought a smile to our faces! Colour lovers will adore Tiger Lily Orange. Team it with your favourite brights from the House Linen Oxfords for a joyful rainbow of fun sewing!!

Tap on the Properties, Garment Suggestions & Other Uses tabs below to learn more about this fabric and its suggested uses

Properties:

The Twill Linens have been created through dyeing and finishing a twill woven linen 43% & cotton 57% blend fabric. The diagonals of the superfine twill weave sit alongside a scattering of characteristic subtle slubs, resulting in a lightly brushed finish.

The Oxford Linens have been created through dyeing and finishing a fine Oxford woven linen (42%) & cotton (58%) blend fabric. Due to its textural weave detail (akin to a Panama or Hopsack)

These cosy but not cloying, cool and breathable fabric is stable yet drapey, and features a super soft handle that is simply sublime, perfect for a multitude of garments.

One of the many benefits that the House Linen offers is that it will wash and wear forever, only improving with age due to the hard-wearing properties of its natural fibres: cotton and linen.

Garment Suggestions:

Simple slashed-neck T-shirt style tops and classic shirts are perfect for standalone garments made using House Linen and will become key pieces in your wardrobe for year-round wear. Alternatively, create wide-legged trousers, tunics, smocks, and summer dresses.

Cordelia Trousers by The Pattern Stash: An excellent make for such light/medium linens, giving that comfy yet distinguished look found with wide-legged trousers. Why not hack it yourself for a pair of super smart city shorts?

Lynsey Dungarees Pattern: Use to your advantage and make with slouchy comfy styles for easy wear summer attire.

Megan Nielsen Patterns' Protea Capsule Wardrobe Set: Ideal for pretty full-gathered styles, stunning outfits and a selection of versatile tops!

Layer Up Collection by Sew Different: Perfect for creating a capsule wardrobe of fresh S/S linen makes that will take you right through into autumn.

Other Uses:

These House Linens will make superb linens for your home: pillow slips, lavender pillows, table runners, table covers, napkins, provincial-style café curtains and aprons too! Add embroidery for individual gifts sure to become heirlooms of the future.

Background:

Now in its fifth generation, the family behind Fabworks has been working with 'textile waste' for over 100 years, whether that be in reclaimed textiles, cleaning rags & wipers, shoddy, loose fibres, or second-hand clothing. Fast forward to the 21st century, where fabric and sewing notions are the company’s main focus, we now find ourselves breaking new ground with a bespoke selection of fabrics that we have dyed in the UK, just in time for S/S 2023.

Try before you buy:

If you'd like to purchase a sample of this fabric, please use the selector above & select the option: Sample.

Lovely juicy orange colour

This is great. I made a boxy T-shirt out of just 1m and love it. It’s light, airy and a fabulous colour. Sews very well. Remember to get thread! I forgot and found to hard to match from my rather traditional stash

Perfect colour

Lovely linen and good quality. Washed well and ready to cut out Tessuti dress pattern

For furnishing not clothing.

It has an open weave, more suited to table cloth than clothing. I think I misunderstood and "house" is the operative word. Given the price, perhaps I am naïve to be surprised.

Vibrant colour, beautiful weave

Fabworks, you really have excelled yourselves with this new range, even by your high standards! This fabric is superb in every way - it is wonderfully soft but has plenty of body and also drape and the colour is so vibrant. It's very versatile and could be used to make so many things. Compared to the twill, the Oxford has a more airy feel, but they could definitely be used together. I feel the Oxford is the perfect summer fabric, especially in this really vibrant summery orange. I've just washed it, and it washes brilliantly, with not even a hint of colour bleed, impressive for such a rich colour. Can't wait to sew with it!